War
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain tells the story of Inman, a Confederate soldier who deserts the army during the Civil War to make his way back home to Ada, the woman he loves. The novel explores Inman’s arduous […]
historical fiction
Open Option
Juliet (Anne Fortier)
Juliet Author: Anne Fortier Year of publication: 2010 Pages: 447 Category: Shakespeare Retold: Romeo and Juliet Goodreads: Juliet
War
Sarah’s Key (Tatiana de Rosnay)
Sarah’s Key Author: Tatiana de Rosnay Project: war – World War II Year of publication: 2006 Pages: 306 Goodreads: Sarah’s Key “In this two part intertwined novel a young girl protects her brother […]
War
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha Author: Arthur Golden Project: war – World War II Year of publication: 1997 Pages: 434 Goodreads: Memoirs of a Geisha “Set in World War II this novel tells the […]
Identity
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys Author: Colson Whitehead Project: Identity – Racial Identity List: Recent Prize Winner (Pulitzer Prize 2020) Year of publication: 2019 Pages: 212 Goodreads: The Nickel Boys
Recent Prize Winner
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall Author: Hilary Mantel Label: Recent Prize Winner (Man Booker Winner 2009) Year of publication: 2009 Pages: 604 Goodreads: Wolf Hall “A deep dive into the political intrige of King Henry VIII; […]
Recent Prize Winner
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See is a historical novel set during World War II, following the intertwining stories of Marie-Laure, a blind French girl, and Werner, a young German orphan with a knack for […]